At Children 1st our ambition is for every child in Scotland to be safe, loved and well with their family. As a charity we offer emotional, practical, and financial support to help families to put children first and campaign to uphold the rights of every child.

An opportunity has arisen for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance Team within our Corporate Services Directorate.

This role is integral to the running of the organisation, working with the Head of Finance across the organisation supporting managers in their business planning, budget setting and providing management information to allow our managers to make the best possible decisions. The role will also be responsible for producing management accounts.

Based in Edinburgh, with some home working and visits to sites across Scotland, the successful candidate will bring significant experience business partnering. The role will involve collaborating with colleagues across the organisation, taking the time to build relationships and understand the needs of the organisation.

You join us at an exciting time as we continue to play our part in helping Scotland's children and families as we enter the post-covid world and navigate a cost of living crisis. We are a dynamic charity focussed on leading transformational change for children so that they stay safe, happy and well in their own families and communities.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy finance team which is going through a period of change and development.

The main duties and responsibilities include:

• To act as a key interface between Finance and Children 1st’s business units based across Scotland.
• Develop and maintain accurate knowledge and understanding of cost centre environment.
• Sign off and supply correct information for internal and external publication, for which accuracy and auditability are key.
• Operate a Finance onboarding process for new delivery partners to ensure that adequate data provision is in place and operational records are kept.

To be considered for this opportunity you must be/have:

• Fully Qualified Accountant (ICAS, ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc.)
• Month-end and management accounts experience
• Have a strong aptitude for analysing financial data
• Budgeting and performance management experience
• Strong excel skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Package Includes:

• Full Time, 35-hour week
• Hybrid working
• Other flexible working arrangements
• 40 days leave entitlement
• Company pension

If you have previous experience of working in a senior accountancy role, are enthusiastic and motivated we’d love to hear from you.

Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With over 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.

About the role:

Responsible for administration and support within the finance department to help ensure the smooth running of the charity’s financial systems, records and procedures.

I deliver accurate, efficient, and high quality financial and payroll administration in accordance with procedures, legal requirements and best practice.

Provides a point of contact for suppliers to the organisation and processes invoices and requests.

Supports the payroll process.

Responds to routine enquiries from staff and stakeholders and support them with using systems and processes as necessary. I do data entry and verification.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with supplier input, payments, invoice approval and reconciliation as required for the organisation – process expenses, invoices and other payments in Accounts IQ for payment in a timely and accurate manner and code to the appropriate cost heading
• Support the finance team colleagues in providing information to other parties as appropriate e.g. budget holding colleagues, fundraising colleagues or external auditors.
• Address enquires from staff around benefits, payroll, holidays and pensions and suppliers
• Support HR with staff onboardings as necessary and ensuring that HR systems and Finance systems match to ensure accurate payroll information is sent to the payroll provider
• Support to ensure that all financial records are up to date, accurate and complete.

Essential Criteria:

• A relevant finance or administration qualification relevant for this post or QBE
• Experience in a similar role, ideally working across all aspects of finance or administration
• Experience of working for Charity
• Understanding of accounting systems and experience of working with them
• Skilled IT user with excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Good with numbers and comfortable working with them
• An eye for detail
• Ability to use own initiative
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills and can listen to others and communicate clearly and concisely
• Professional values match the values of Change Mental Health

General Duties

• Act in accordance with Data Protection legislation. Ensure all records, personal, staff and client data are managed in line with Data Management and Information Governance policies
• Comply with legal and regulatory requirements such as provisions set out in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• As with all employees, workers and volunteers; to encourage people to join Change Mental Health as a member, donor or activist
• To act in accordance with the charity’s Health & Safety and Safeguarding policies and to notify the line manager promptly if there are any concerns
• To participate in regular supervision and appraisal and undertake any relevant training as appropriate to the role
• To work in accordance with the charity’s national policies and local operating procedures and those of external regulators or professional bodies.

This job profile and list of duties is not exhaustive and serves only to highlight the main requirements. The line manager may stipulate other reasonable requirements and projects commensurate with the general profile and grade of the post.

Benefits

Professional development including funded opportunities.

A generous 37 days’ holiday.

A 35-hour working week & access to a season ticket loan.

A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.

24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.

Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements

Paid Mental Wellbeing Days

Cycle to Work Scheme

Blue Light discount card

Homes for Scotland (HFS) is currently recruiting for a Senior Policy Officer / Policy Manager.

As the only organisation which represents home building across all tenures and all geographies across Scotland, we are passionate in the pursuit of our objective of helping members to deliver more homes to meet the needs and aspirations of all those living in Scotland. The home building sector needs a supportive operational environment to ensure that the substantial social and economic benefits associated with delivering more homes can be realised. Your passion and commitment will help ensure those living in Scotland have access to the full range of housing options required to meet need and aspiration.

The successful applicant will support the Director of Policy across all policy areas relevant to the delivery of new homes and manage the preparation of robust and evidence-based responses to the Scottish Government and others to represent the issues faced by members. This includes challenging emerging policy which may negatively impact the delivery of new homes. The successful applicant will also support the Chief Executive and other members of the HFS team and membership in the effective operation of all aspects of the business, particularly in ensuring the team is kept up to date on all relevant existing and emerging policy, data, social and economic trends and events and that our messaging reflects these issues.

We are looking for an experienced, collaborative, personable and astute individual who can self-manage a busy workload and engage confidently with members and our wide-ranging stakeholders. Currently, you may or may not be working in the home building or housing sector but you must be interested in the wide spectrum of issues and views associated with the delivery of more homes and be able to express the views of the sector clearly and positively whilst remaining cognisant of the wider economic, social, and political environment within which our members operate. This full-time position based in our Edinburgh office will reward you with a competitive salary, generous pension contribution, private life cover, health cash plan, health insurance and cycle to work schemes also offered. We operate a flexible working policy.

For further information, please visit our website.

Age Scotland is the national charity for older people. We work to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50 so that they can love later life.

We support and enable hundreds of communities and older people’s groups across Scotland. We provide information, friendship and advice through our free helpline and publications. We tackle loneliness and isolation with our Friendship Line and much more.

We work in Scotland with older people’s groups who provide vital activities and services for older people in their local community. We campaign on the issues that older people tell us are important to them.

We know that growing older doesn’t come with a manual. Later life may bring opportunities and challenges, and people my need to know about rights, organisations and services which are often unfamiliar. That’s why we provide free information and advice to help older people on a diverse range of topics.

You will lead on the day-to-day development and growth of our information, advice and friendship services for older people in Scotland, their families and carers.

You will develop a strategy and lead teams of dedicated and committed staff and volunteers to deliver on and offline information, advice and friendship services that respond to the priorities identified by older people.

Delivering quality assured services that currently empower and enable around 50,000 older people a year to live the best quality of life possible, you will work closely with colleagues to nurture and develop partnerships and relationships that enrich and grow the Charity’s service offer across Scotland.

The post will be a hybrid blend of office based (in Edinburgh) and home-based work.

In return for your hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to our values you’ll receive a generous benefits package:

• Generous holiday allowance of 37 days (FTE) plus 2 fixed public holidays
• Flexible working opportunities from day one
• A range of learning and development opportunities
• Company sick pay
• Healthcare benefit through Westfield Health
• Discounted gym membership
• Cashback scheme from major retailers
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of 9%
• A comprehensive package of support though our Employee Assistance Programme
• Group life cover up to three times your annual salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Carers support
• The option to buy more holidays or sell them
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies.